| Reference Number |
Title |
Date |
Caption |
| St Mary's church, west front; with buildings to N of church | 1864 | The new high-pitched roof of St James' church is just visible in the centre of the photograph. At the time of this photograph money was being raised to fund the demolition of the cottages adjoining St Mary's Church (foreground). These and other cottages adjoining St James' were pulled down in early 1865. |
| Roman Catholic church, High Altar | nd [c 1880s?] | The semi-circular apse behind the altar of the Roman Catholic Church on Westgate Street is decorated with a painting of the Ascension. |
| The Buttermarket, showing Suffolk Hotel, Moyses Hall etc | nd [c 1880s?] | There has been an inn or hotel on this site for many years. This photograph shows the Suffolk Hotel in the late 1800s after the coach entrance was blocked up. |
| Churchgate Street | 1920s | Churchgate Street in the 1920s. The sign on the left advertises Arthur Rosier a zinc worker and at the end of the street is the Norman Tower. |
| Churchgate Street | nd [c 1930] | Churchgate Street, with the Norman Tower visible at the end. The store on the right is the builders' merchants Marlow & Co. |
| Northgate Street | nd [c 1890s-1930s] | Northgate Street, Bury St Edmunds in the late 19th century / early twentieth century. |
| Risbygate Street, towards town centre | [Early 20th century] | Risbygate Street in the late nineteenth/early twentieth century. |
| Risbygate Street | nd [early 20th century] | An empty Risbygate Street in the nineteenth century, totally free of traffic. |
| The Guildhall, entrance porch with figures | nd [1880s?] | The Guildhall porch, the main feature of the Guildhall and a scheduled Ancient Monument, and built of stone and flint with ornamental brickwork. Above the porch in a small room, the Evidence House, is the remains of a small wall safe. This was built in response to Jankyn Smyth's (benefactor) request for somewhere safe to keep the proceeds of his bequest. |
| The Guildhall | nd [c 1880s?] | It was Jankyn Smyth, a generous benefactor, and an Alderman of Bury St Edmunds (who also contributed to the building of St Mary's Church) who donated the land, in the 15th century, where an old hall stood. It has been rebuilt and modernised, although the inner arch of the porch dates back to c.1300. |
| Moyses Hall | nd [c 1865] | An early photograph showing part of the market place on either the Wednesday or Saturday market day. The stalls were set out in a more casual way than the markets held today. In the background is Moyses Hall, and on the right is the cabinet maker Samuel Sale's shop. |
| New Barracks, Risbygate Street | nd [late 19th century] | The photographer has added marks, finger prints, during the developing process to add extra texture to the sky and bushes in the foreground. The Gibraltar Barracks, home to the Suffolk Regiment between 1881 and ***, the Keep is all that remains today. |
| Mr Gooche's house, Angel Hill (Crescent House) | nd [late 19th century?] | As can be seen from the photograph the building is crescent shaped, hence its name 'Crescent House'. It stands on the corner of Angel Hill and it was recorded at the time of the photograph as being 'Mr Gooch's House'. |
| Old Grammar School (St Michael's House, Northgate Street) | nd [early 20th century] | The King Edward VI Grammar School was established by Royal Charter in 1550. The school was moved to this building, since enlarged, in 1665. It provided accommodation for 30 boarders. By the 1880s the building was unsuitable and a new school was built, in the former vineyards of the Abbey in 1883, designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield. The building was then used to house the County Grammar School for Girls. |
| Miss Hitcham's School (school group at rear of Abbey House) | [c 1865] | Pupils at Miss Amelia Hitchins' select establishment for young ladies, having a game of croquet on the lawn. Miss Hitchins ran the school from 1864, although there had been a school in the premises for some time previously. It is believed to be the school that Dickens described in chapter XVI of 'Pickwick Papers'. |
| Miss Hitcham's School (school group at rear of Abbey House) | [c 1865] | Miss Amelia Hitchin's 'select establishment for young ladies'. |
| School group | [c 1865] | Close up group photograph of the pupils and school mistresses of Miss Amelia Hitchins' 'select establishment for Young Ladies'. The photograph shows very well the fine dresses and hairstyles of the period. |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | [c 1865] | The Old Curiosity Shop was run by Messrs Fenton on Abbeygate Street. This photograph shows the fantastic range of pottery, china, armour, Greek, Roman and Egyptian antiquities and prehistoric artefacts which the shop sold. The objects were arranged for the photograph by an artist, E.R. Smythe. |
| Commercial School, College Street | nd [1880s -1900s] | Funded by the Guildhall Feoffes the Commercial School provided education for those children of any denomination, unlike the Grammar school which was associated with the Church of England. The Guildhall Feoffment Schools in Bridewell Lane and College Street, which opened in 1843, were designed by Henry Kendall, who published his plans and architect's impressions of them in his Designs for Schools and School Houses, Parochial and National. Like the other Guildhall Feoffment Schools, the Commercial School was open to boys of all denominations. Unlike the Grammar School, which taught classics as a preparation for boys who would proceed to the University, the Commercial School taught practical subjects such as modern languages, book keeping, surveying which would be of use to boys who would have careers in business in later life. The building is now used by the Guildhall Feoffment Nursery School. n.d., late 19th century. |
| Abbey Churchyard, towards Norman Tower | nd [mid 20th century] | One of the tree lined avenues that cross the churchyard linking different buildings, such as the churches, the Norman Tower, and the Shire Hall. To the right of the photograph is the remains of the Chapel of the Charnel, one of the original free standing chapels that existed in the Abbey precinct, it was built in 1300 to house the bones from earlier burials. |
| Abbey Ruins, with sheep | nd [mid 20th century] | The River Lark flows alongside the Abbey Gardens. The ruins of the Abbot's Palace can be seen. |
| Three Tuns Inn, Crown Street | nd [early 20th century] | Number 44 Crown Street, once the Three Tuns public house, which closed in 1903. The building was then taken over by the St Mary's Church Institute until 1949 and then it was the Labour Party Office until 1997. |
| Abbey Garden ruins (excavations) | nd [early 20th century?] | Men working on excavations of the Abbey site, some work was done in the early twentieth century, when the graves of the abbots were discovered, and further work was done between 1957 and 1964. |
| Norman Tower, from Churchyard | nd [early 20th century?] | The tree lined avenue through St Mary's churchyard leading to the Norman Tower and behind it to the right is St James' Cathedral Church. |
| Oliver's Shop, Abbeygate Street | nd [early 20th century] | Oliver & Son, grocers, tea and coffee dealers, and wine and spirit merchants. They had their shop at No. 11 Abbeygate Street and were established in 1797. |
| Police Station, Moyses Hall | nd [1880s] | Moyses Hall and to the left is The Castle Hotel. Moyses Hall is an old Norman building, dating from about 1180. It was probably built by a Jewish moneylender, and is constructed principally from stone. Later, until1610 it was an inn. In the eighteenth century a workhouse, gaol, in the nineteenth century a police station. then Great Eastern Railway's parcel and enquiry office. In 1899 it became a museum. |
| Railway Station | nd [1853-1854] | One of the earliest negatives in the Spanton-Jarman Collection. Information already published suggests the date can be deduced by the arrival of the telegraph in Bury in December 1953; one telegraph pole can be seen at the east end of the roof, the service was extended in 1854 creating a need for a pole at each end. |
| St Andrew's Castle | nd [early 20th century] | The Convent of St. Louis at St Andrew's Castle, St Andrew's Street used as a school. |
| Guildhall, doorway (381) | nd [mid 20th century] | The oldest part of the Guildhall is the inner arch, probably dating back to 1250, built in the Geometrical style. |
| Suffolk Hotel, from Abbeygate Street, with figures and houses | nd [c 1880s] | There has been an inn or hotel on this site for many years. This photograph shows the Suffolk Hotel in the late 19th century after the coach entrance was blocked up. |
| Hardwick Manor, rear view, with gates and garden | nd [c 1926 - 1930s?] | A view of the Hardwick Manor house and its garden through the wrought iron gates. The wall and gates appear to have been removed at some point as the other rear view photograph doesn't have them. The pond and statue were retained. This is the original Kitchen Garden, including the fountain, of Hardwick House which was enclosed by the wall. Hardwick Manor was the Gardener's Cottage, enlarged in the 1920s and 1930s. |
| Hardwick Manor, bathroom | nd [mid 20th century] | The bathroom, Hardwick Manor. |
| Thatched house (with 'T.C.G.' '& 1837'), in Tudor style | nd [c 1920s?] | One of the distinctive properties on the Hardwick House Estate built by the Reverend Sir Thomas Cullum who owned the estate between 1831 and 1855. The properties are marked with his initials. He was also responsible for building the Old Schoolhouse and Horsecroft Farm. |
| Home Farm, Hardwick | nd [c 1920s?] | The Agent's House situated on the east side of the park with the Model Home Farm. The house is built of cut flint with white brick facings, inside it has a drawing room, morning room; breakfast room; large kitchen and four bedrooms, bathroom. |
| House in Hawstead (on road from Hardwick to Hawstead village) | nd [c 1920s?] | The farmhouse of Horsecroft Farm. It was used as two tenements and the accommodation consisted of two sitting rooms, two kitchens, pantry and seven bedrooms, with outhouses and farm buildings, and arable and pasture land. |
| Hardwick Lodge gate | nd [c 1920s?] | Hardwick House was approached through these iron gates, shown here with the Lodge cottage. |
| House: 'T.C.G. 1845', ? now demolished, road from Hardwick Lane to Home Farm, Hardwick | nd [c 1920s?] | One of many cottages on the Hardwick Estate. |
| House on road from Hardwick Lane to Home Farm, Hardwick | nd [c 1920s?] | Described in the 1924 sale particulars as 'built in the style of a Swiss chalet' this cottage was situated near the Home Farm. The accommodation consisted of: sitting room; kitchen; scullery; a large dairy and four bedrooms, with good garden. |
| Wall, 16th cent piers at Hawstead Place, Hawstead | nd [c 1920s?] | The original brick pillars for entrance gates to the historical mansion Hawstead Place. It was the property of Sir Robert Drury, who afterwards also acquired Hardwick. This, some other brickwork and the moat is all that remains of the mansion. |
| Hardwick Manor House, with cars | nd [c 1930s?] | The circular drive leading up to Hardwick Manor. The Gardener's Cottage belonging to Hardwick House was enlarged in the 1920s and 30s and became Hardwick Manor. The large Elizabethan Hardwick House was demolished in 1926. |
| Hardwick Manor House, rear view (J 34291) | nd [mid 20th century?] | A later photograph than the other one which is the same view of the house when it still had a wall and gate around the property. The garden looks more landscaped than the older photograph. |
| Hardwick Manor, interior of room | nd [1930s - 1950s?] | A panelled room in Hardwick Manor, perhaps the dining room. |
| Hardwick Manor, a french mirror | nd [mid 20th century] | An ornate mirror recorded as being from Hardwick Manor, although the decor looks more like Hardwick House. The photographer, probably H.I. Jarman, appears to have tried scrubbing out some of the objects, that must have hung on the wall near the mirror, perhaps to avoid distraction from the mirror itself. |
| Hardwick Manor, interior of bedroom | nd [mid 20th century] | One of the bedrooms at Hardwick Manor. |
| Hardwick Manor House | nd [mid 20th century?] | Hardwick Manor. Originally it was the Gardener's Cottage belonging to Hardwick House, and it stood to one end of and overlooked the Kitchen Garden. Hardwick House itself was demolished in 1926. |
| Garden of K 505/130 | nd [c 1920s?] | Hardwick House had this well sheltered kitchen garden of about two acres. In the centre is a fountain and overlooking the garden is the head gardener's house of stone, brick and with thatched roof. This cottage was enlarged around the 1930s and it became 'Hardwick Manor'. |
| Hardwick Manor, walled garden | nd [c 1920s] | Hardwick House had this well sheltered kitchen garden of about two acres. Enclosed by a brick wall, 12 ft high, the garden had pear, peach, plum, apple, cherry, and fig trees, and a fountain. Probably the work of Sir Dudley Cullum who was a keen horticulturist, and was the owner between 1680 and 1720. |
| Hardwick Manor, garden | nd [c 1920s] | Part of the pleasure grounds on the Hardwick House Estate. There were several gardens next to the house; an Italian garden with rosery and flowerbeds, a kitchen garden, a lime and sycamore tree avenue and the large pleasure grounds, planted with exotic shrubs and trees. |
| West front of Abbey Ruins taken from Norman Tower | nd [1880s - 1920s] | After dissolution the Abbey site was sold and part of the ruin had housing built into it, and some was used for business. The West Front has been used variously as private housing, and at different times as stables for the Six Bells Inn, and for the Assembly House nearby, later it was converted into a dye works. In 1863 it became the Bury St Edmunds Probate Registry. |
| Hardwick House, bedroom | nd [early 20th century?] | One of the bedrooms in Hardwick House, which had seven principal bedrooms, nine bachelors rooms and secondary bedrooms, twelve servants bedrooms and three bathrooms. |
| Hardwick House, corridor with statues | nd [early 20th century?] | Described in the 1924 sale particulars as the 'Statue Corridor', this shows the grandness of this large Elizabethan mansion. The Cullum family lived at Hardwick House from 1656 until the 1920s, |
| Hardwick House, staircase | nd [early 20th century?] | An interior view of the very ornately decorated Elizabethan Hardwick House, showing the staircase. |
| Hardwick House, ? library | nd [early 20th century?] | This is probably the main library at Hardwick House, there was also a 'Little Library'. Most of the library collection, the Cullum Collection is at the Bury Record Office. |
| Hardwick House, house and gardens | nd [early 20th century?] | Hardwick House was renowned for its gardens, a lot of them were created by Sir Dudley Cullum who was the owner between 1680 and 1720. There were several gardens, including an Italian Garden, Kitchen garden and Winter Garden with a range of glass houses, a conservatory and orangery, palm house, peach house, and vinery. |
| Hardwick House, entrance porch | nd [early 20th century?] | Hardwick House was approached through iron gates and along a carriage drive and wide gravelled entrance with stone balustrading, with old carved stone vases. The bold portico entrance had carved oak doors and the stone carving above is the Drury arms. |
| Meet of foxhounds at Hardwick House | nd [early 20th century?] | This photograph of a meet at Hardwick House gives a closer view of the exterior of Hardwick House, which was demolished in 1926. Being lords of the manor the Cullums would have played an important role in organising traditional local events such as this. |
| Front view of hospital at Bury St Edmunds | nd [1945] | The Suffolk General Hospital building was erected during the Napoleonic wars as an arms depot, and first used as a hospital in 1826. Originally supported through voluntary donations, the National Health Service ran it from 1948. A new hospital, West Suffolk General Hospital was opened on Hardwick Lane in 1974 and in 1979 the old hospital was demolished for housing. |
| Room at Bury hospital | nd [1940s?] | A very Spartan looking room, probably dating from the 1940s, it appears to be have been used for eye-tests. Note the ashtray on the table. |
| Operating theatre at Bury hospital | nd [mid 20th century] | An operating theatre at the Suffolk General hospital with patient and medical staff. The name of the surgeon is recorded as Dr H.M. Bird and the anaesthetist, Dr E.J.Cockram. At this hospital one of the earliest uses of anaesthesia in an operation was made by Dr John Kilner in 1847. |
| Maternity ward at Bury hospital | nd [early 20th century?] | The immaculate but spartan maternity ward at the Suffolk General Hospital. There is no date given for this photograph but it was probably before the National Health Service. The beds have a frame at the bottom for attaching the baby's cot. |
| Outdoor Patients Department, Hospital, interior | nd [early 20th century?] | Another very bare hospital waiting(?) room, recorded as being the 'Outdoor Patients Department' presumably what we now call 'Outpatients'. |
| Hatter Street | nd [1890s - 1930s?] | The three gabled house on the left was lived in by the three Miss Wings; Sophia, Louisa and Helen, from around 1874 to the 1890s. The new buildings on the end right at the very end of the street date this photograph to after the fire in 1882. |
| Railway Station | nd [c 1890s] | Northgate Street Station with waiting horse drawn hansom cabs outside. The canopy at the front of the station has been added. A glass roof was built over the platform but removed in 1893, so this photograph was taken after that. |
| Moyses Hall and figures | nd [c1892-1895] | The Castle on the left, at the time run by Joseph Kent, and on the right, Moyses Hall. After Moyses Hall ceased to be used as the Police Station in 1892, around the time this photograph was taken, Great Eastern Railway used it as their parcel and enquiry office, until 1899 when it became a museum. |
| Keebles Old Shop, corner of Buttermarket and Abbeygate Street | nd [c 1887] | Children pose in front of the closed down shop at 1 Butter Market on the corner with Abbeygate Street. A few years earlier George Jeremiah Keeble had this furniture shop as well as the pawnbroker's shop at 1 Abbeygate Street, which, by the time of this photograph had been taken over by J.H. Stebbing, also trading as a pawnbroker. |
| Bourne family gravestones in Bury churchyard | nd [early 20th century] | These tombstones dating from the 1600s, belonging to the Bourne family are the oldest remaining in the Great Churchyard of the Abbey. |
| Mr Browning's blacksmith's shop, Southgate Street, with figures and horses | nd [1895?] | The photographer has applied some experimental effects on this photograph of Mr Alfred Bradley Browning, blacksmith who is shown working at his premises at 82 Southgate Street. Another Mr Browning, presumably his father also a blacksmith is listed in the 1883 trade directory at 63 Southgate Street. |
| Cambridge's House, Brentgovel Street | nd [1890s -1920s?] | A timber framed building, once used as a butchers shop. In the late twentieth century it was altered and used by Glasswells, furniture retailers. |
| Babwell Friary (now Fornham Priory), Fornham Road | nd [early 20th century] | Franciscan monks settled in Bury in the 13th century, building three or four houses in Friars Lane, which were demolished by papal order, and the Benedictine monks of the St Edmundsbury Abbey tried to drive them out. They were extremely popular amongst the townspeople of Bury, however, and they were allowed to stay and build a house in Babwell. The building has survived, altered and enlarged, and is now The Priory Hotel. |
| Mustow Street, from Eastgate Bridge towards Angel Hill | nd [late 19th century] | Mustow Street from Eastgate Bridge looking up towards Angel Hill. On the left is part of the Abbey wall. The houses on the right were demolished in 1926 to make the road wider for traffic. |
| Mustow Street, from Angel Hill towards Eastgate Bridge | nd [c 1880s - 1920s] | A view of Mustow Street, taken from Angel Hill looking towards Eastgate Bridge. The road was widened in 1926 and the houses on the left demolished. |
| Half Moon yard | nd [c 1870] | The timber framed building and galleries of the Half Moon in the Butter Market before they were demolished c 1870. |
| 'Mr Kidson's shop', opposite Corn Exchange, Abbeygate Street | nd [ c 1890] | Abbeygate Street, taken at the time when the Sun Alliance Insurance Company were about to build new offices here, and the adjoining building - one gable of the Kidson's shop on the left were demolished in the process. The new red brick building with Dutch gables opened in 1891, and is now a cafe/restaurant. On the extreme right the corner of the National Provincial Bank can be seen. |
| Mr Kidson's shop, Abbeygate Street | nd [ c 1890] | The premises of R Kidson, tailor, and T Cross, seed merchant, on Abbeygate Street. The photograph was taken at the time when the Sun Alliance Insurance Company were about to build new offices on the site, demolishing some of the existing building. Both shops moved to new premises. |
| 'Old Oak at Kidson's shop' | nd [ c 1880s] | Bury St Edmunds has a number of timber framed buildings, and this is one example of a carved oak corner timber photographed at what was then the premises of Mr Kidson's shop on Abbeygate Street. It is thought that another building on Abbeygate Street has timbers dating back to the time of King Henry VIII. |
| 'Old Room at Mr Kidson's' | nd [ c 1880s] | Interior of part of the premises on Abbeygate Street showing the timber frames of the building. |
| Abbeygate Street fire | nd [c 1882] | This photograph shows the extent of the fire which destroyed the shops on the corner of Hatter Street and Abbeygate Street in 1882.
This view of the damage caused by a serious fire that damaged buildings at the corner of the south side of Abbeygate Street and the east side of Hatter Street in 1882, and was almost certainly taken from the window of the premises which were then Spanton's, the photographer's, shop. It shows the buildings from that which is now Caffe Uno to Barwell's butcher's shop standing undamaged as sightseers view the ruins of the buildings on the corner which were destroyed. This fire was started deliberately to obtain the insurance money. |
| Thurlow Champness' shop, Abbeygate Street | nd [early 20th cent.] | The shop belonging to Thurlow Champness, jeweller at number 14 Abbeygate Street with the large trademark clock sign made in 1900. Both the clock and Thurlow Champness and Son still remain at the same shop in 2003. |
| Abbey Hill House, 14th cent doorway with figures | nd [c 1890s?] | A boy stands in a doorway, with a stone carved head above, part of the Abbey remains. |
| Abbey Gate, east side with figures | nd [c 1870s - 1890s?] | This photograph shows the Abbey Gate from the Abbey Gardens, just visible is a man sweeping with a besom. |
| Abbey Gardens | nd [early 20th century] | Part of the Abbey Gardens with some remains of the Abbey buildings. |
| River Lark in Abbey Gardens | nd [early 20th century] | The picturesque walk in the Abbey Gardens by the river. |
| House on site of Abbots Palace | nd [early 20th century] | One of several houses built into the Abbey ruins of Bury St Edmunds Abbey. |
| Inscription on site of High Altar | nd [early 20th century] | On the north-east of the presbytery, a stone tablet, known as the 'Baron's Tablet' lists those Barons who supposedly swore, in secret, an oath to force King John to accept the Magna Carta. |
| St Marys, Victoria window | nd [c 1881?] | The stained glass window given to St Mary's church in 1881 by Queen Victoria. It portrays the life of Mary Tudor, whose funeral was the last of the great ceremonies performed at the Abbey. After she was widowed she married Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Her body was re-interred in St Mary's Church on the orders of King Henry VIII. |
| Unitarian Chapel, Churchgate Street | [Mid 20th century] | The fine redbrick chapel was originally built for Presbyterian worship in 1711, the first Nonconformist chapel in Bury. It is now a Unitarian Chapel. |
| The Fox Inn, Eastgate Street | nd [early 20th century?] | The Eastgate Gate once ran across here, connected the Fox Inn building to the Abbot's Bridge, and so to the Abbey grounds. The gate was removed between 1761 and 1765. |
| Mr Boggis' House | nd [early 20th century ?] | Another view of one of the houses built into the remains of the Abbey of St Edmunds. This negative was recorded as 'Mr Boggis' House'. |
| Mr Bevan's House, interior | nd [1890s-1920s?] | The interior hallway of Northgate House. The photograph is recorded as 'Mr Bevan's House', in trade directories listed as being James Johnstone, Bevan J.P., banker 105, Northgate Street. Several members of the Bevan family were involved in banking, notably as Oakes, Bevan & Co. In the twentieth century the house gained fame as the house of historical novelist Nora Lofts, who lived there from the 1950s until her death in 1983. |
| 'Arches in Moyses Hall: Parcel Office' | nd [c 1892 - 1899] | After Moyses Hall ceased to be used as the Police Station in 1892, Great Eastern Railway used it as their parcel and enquiry office, until 1899 when it became a museum. |
| Moyses Hall, museum | nd [early 20th century] | The vaulted basement of Moyses Hall used as a museum, which it became in 1899. |
| Mr Jennings House (Cupola House), with horses and motor cars | nd [c 1920s - 1930s] | Compared to the earlier photograph, Cupola House has undergone some changes in the dormer windows and the addition of tiles on the upper part of the building. The horse-drawn cart is a delivery from the Greene King brewery. |
| St James Church, interior from east | nd [early 20th century] | St James' Church was a medieval church originally built by Abbot Anselm in the twelfth century as part of the abbey, and was rebuilt by the eminent architect John Wastell in the Tudor period. St James was elevated to cathedral status in 1913 but two world wars delayed the building work that was required to enlarge it so it could work effectively as a cathedral. Eventually work began in 1959 and still continues today. |
| Library at Guildhall | nd [c 1890] | The West Suffolk Library which was established in 1846, in the Guildhall's south hall, also known as the banqueting-room. It was also the Council Chamber from 1877 to 1966. The 13th century Guildhall has been used for many purposes over the course of its long history. From 1846 the West Suffolk Library was run in the room now known as the banqueting room. Among the books kept by this library was the library founded in St James's church in 1595, which then included some manuscripts. These were the first manuscripts examined by the young Montague James, whose father was Vicar of Livermere. Thus was begun the career of a very distinguished medieval scholar. (See preceding caption.) n.d,, probably late 19th century. |
| Guildhall Court Room with Mayor (Ridley-Hooper), maces and sword of state | nd [c 1910-1921?] | In the court room of the Guildhall stands Alderman John Ridley Hooper who was twice mayor of Bury St Edmunds (1910-11 and 1920-1921). The mayors chain that he wears was the gift of James Oakes in 1805 and in front of him lies the sword of state. Beside the portrait of King James I are the maces. |
| A meeting in Corn Exchange, with mayor | nd [early 20th century?] | Which mayor this was or what the event was is not recorded, but this photograph was taken at the Corn Exchange in Bury St Edmunds, an important place for the agricultural merchants in Suffolk. |
| Mustow Street, showing demolition work on Smith's shop | nd [1926] | Mustow Street in 1926 when the road was widened, and new houses built. There was much local opposition to the demolition of a row of old houses in Mustow Street to enable the road to be widened. This view shows some of the modern houses built to replace the old ones, with an old building in process of demolition. Old oak, much of it carved, was salvaged and used to build a new house beyond the row of the modern ones. |
| The Old Hustings, Angel Hill | nd [c 1868?] | An unusual and rare photograph of the hustings at Bury. The hustings was a raised platform used for election speeches and where the nomination of parliamentary candidates took place. They were used until 1872. |
| Angel roof in St Mary's church | nd [early 20th century] | The magnificent hammerbeam roof of St Mary's, one of the finest such roofs in England. The hammerbeams are carved as angels with wings partly unfurled, forming pairs along each side. The angels are dressed as clergy and each pair is different, some of the ones shown are: choirmasters conducting; celebrants wearing chasubles; deacons with chalice; sub deacons with Gospel book; candlebearers. |
| St Mary's church, north chapel, Suffolk Regiment Chapel | nd [early 20th century] | The Suffolk Chapel, furnished and decorated by Sir Ninain Comper, which houses the memorials and colours of the Suffolk Regiment. |
| St Mary's church, interior, from west, with rood screen and elaborate sanctuary | nd [early 20th century] | The interior from the west, looking towards the chancel. This view shows the rood screen that is dedicated to the memory of members of the Sufffolk Regiment and was erected in 1913, the original rood screen was lost. |
| The Cenotaph in St Mary's church | nd [c 1920s - 1950s?] | The white cenotaph at the west end of the church is dedicated to 'the glorious memory of 360 officers and 6,513 warrant officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the Suffolk Regiment, who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War'. The Suffolk Regiment has a chapel in St Mary's Church, the 'Suffolk Chapel'. |
| Crown Street, showing St Mary's church, from south | nd [1890s?] | Looking towards St Mary's Church and Angel Hill, on the left is the Dog and Partridge public house, 29 Crown Street, run by William Land. |
| Classroom at East Anglian School | nd [late 19th century?] | Classroom, with gas lights, of the East Anglian School, with long rows of desks. The school was originally founded in Northgate Street in 1881, as the 'Wesleyan Middle-Class Boys' School'. In 1885 it was moved to Highland House, on Thomas Norfolk's Northgate Estate In 1935 the East Anglian School became a girls' school when the boys moved to Culford. |
| Chemistry laboratory at East Anglian School | nd [late 19th century?] | A chemistry lab with pupils of the East Anglian School. The school was originally founded in Northgate Street, as the 'Wesleyan Middle-Class Boys' School'. In 1885 it was moved to Highland House, on Thomas Norfolk's Northgate Estate. In 1935 the boys moved to Culford, and the school became a girls' school. The girls moved to Culford later. |
| Playing fields at East Anglian School | nd [late 19th century?] | The playing fields of the East Anglian School, this is probably Highland House, on Thomas Norfolk's Northgate Estate, where it moved to in 1885. In 1935 the boys moved to Culford, and the school became a girls' school. |
| St Mary's church, Bury St Edmunds, interior from east | nd [c late 19th century - 1913] | The nave of St Mary's church, from the east, looking towards the west window, which was erected to give thanks for the abundant harvest of 1854. Pre 1913 as that was the year the Rood Screen, dedicated to the Suffolk Regiment, was erected. |
| Hardwick House, rear | nd [early 20th century?] | Hardwick estate had several owners, including Sir Robert Drury, whose descendents sold the estate to the Royalist and former sheriff of London, Robert Cullum in 1656. The estate was held by his descendents until the death of Mr George Geri Milner-Gibson-Cullum, Son of the Rt Hon. Thomas Milner-Cullum. The estate was sold in 1924 and Hardwick House has since been demolished. |
| Hardwick House, rear | nd [early 20th century?] | Hardwick House of Bury St Edmunds. The estate was owned by the Cullum family from 1656 until the death of Mr George Geri Milner-Gibson-Cullum, Son of the Rt Hon. Thomas Milner-Cullum. The estate was sold in 1924 and Hardwick House has since been demolished. |
| Tower House, Churchyard, Bury St Edmunds | nd [mid 20th century?] | The Tudor style building, the Tower House was erected in 1846 as a part of the Penny Bank group of buildings. The Penny Bank is behind on Crown Street, next to the Norman Tower. |
| Will Office, Churchyard | nd [late 19th century?] | Samson's Tower became the Probate Registry and residence for the Registrar in the spring of 1863. Previously it had been used as stables for the Assembly House, a private residence and later the stables for the Six Bells Inn, part of the west front had also been a dye works. Until it became the probate Registry it had a thatched roof. |
| Mr Tozer's house, Hatter Street | nd [c 1890s] | The eye-catching shop front belonging to Mr Tozer, plumber and decorator. The photograph was taken at the premises at no.15 Hatter Street, where he was based in the 1890s, by 1908 he had moved to Whiting Street and in the 1920s he had moved to Orchard Street. |
| Chequer Square, with motor car | nd [early 20th century?] | The Norman Tower photographed from Chequer Square, so-called because it was the exchequer of the Abbey. The building ahead was the Six Bells, now the Masonic Hall, in the centre is St James' Cathedral Church and the Norman Tower and on the right is the Tudor-style Penny Bank. |
| Town Hall from south, showing the Traverse and Cornhill | nd [late 19th century?] | The old Market Cross was used as a playhouse and this theatre was incorporated into the design of the new building in 1774, with Robert Adams designing the theatre masks on the exterior, which can still be seen. Once the Theatre Royal was built by William Wilkins, the theatre became the Concert Room, Liszt played there in 1842. Between 1849 and 1937 it was used as the Town Hall. |
| Town Hall from north | nd [late 19th century?] | The Market Cross from the north, looking towards the market place. The Market Cross was built over an earlier building replacing a 16th century Market Cross destroyed by fire in 1608. Designed by Robert and James Adam and built 1774-1780 it was built as a Corn Exchange, but by 1836 a new, larger Corn Exchange was built, this was still not large enough, and another was built in 1862. |
| St Mary's church, Bury St Edmunds, from SW | nd [late 19th century?] | The previous church dedicated to St Mary was demolished in the 12th century to make way for the south transept of the abbey. St Mary's Church was rebuilt on a new site in the south west corner of the cemetery between about 1424 and 1446. It was funded mainly by money from the blossoming wool trade. This rebuilding moved the west front further toward the street. The tower is offset on the north side. |
| Floods in Abbey Gardens | [21] July 1879 | A photograph of the wet and flooded Annual Gala of the United Friendly Societies which was to take place in the Botanic Gardens in the Abbey grounds. The showmen's caravans were all flooded and the water ruined the other vehicles and stalls that had been set up. During the night a tree fell onto two of the showmen's caravans. |
| Workhouse, College Street | nd [c 1880s?] | Photograph showing the back yards of the workhouse. The building in College Street was used as a workhouse from 1748 until 1884 when the inmates were moved into the Thingoe Union Workhouse. Although some of the buildings were demolished some remained and were used for a Ragged School and Reading Room. The gabled building in the centre of this photograph was purchased by board of the Bury St Edmunds incorporation for use as a workhouse in 1748, and adapted for use as a workhouse. This photograph was probably taken in 1884, the year in which the inmates were taken to the former Thingoe workhouse, when some of the buildings on the site were demolished. Of those that remained, some became the headquarters of the St Edmunds Working Men's Association, which, among other things, provided a Ragged School and a Reading Room. Apart from the building at the extreme north of the site, all have now been demolished and the site built over, partly with the telephone exchange and modern housing. |
| Birds-eye view of Bury: gasworks and station area | nd [1871] | This photograph was taken from the steeple of St John's Church when it was covered in scaffolding to undertake repairs after it was struck by lightening in May 1871. In the distance the railway station can be seen with the glass roof that covered the platforms until 1893. |
| Birds-eye view of Bury | nd [1871] | A photograph taken from the steeple of St John's Church when it was covered in scaffolding to undertake repairs after it was struck by lightening in May 1871. |
| 25 Abbeygate Street: Taylors Pianoforte Saloon, east corner of Skinner Street, early bicycl | nd [1880s] | William Farrow Taylor was the publisher of several journals such as the 'Bury and West Suffolk Journal,' 'The Bill Poster' Advertising Agent' and 'The Eastern Counties Sporting Circular' as well being the proprietor of this pianoforte and music warehouse at 25 Abbeygate Street. |
| Matthews shop, St John's Street | nd [c 1860s] | The shop belonging to Joseph Matthews, clothier and hatter, of 97 St John Street, Bury St Edmunds. |
| Abbeygate Street, Plumpton Corner | nd [c 1880] | The muddy streets of Abbeygate and Butter Market in the 1880s. On the left is Plumptons, opposite is Quant's shoe shop and to the right, Paul, the bookseller. Gurneys took over the building in 1880 and redesigned the facade, moving there in 1881. |
| Mr King's house, Butter Market, with figures | nd [1870s?] | Wooden scaffolding has been erected around Mr King's shop on Butter Market, for some extensive building work. It looks a little precarious with, it seems, one wooden timber supporting the entire corner of the shop. Other work is going on in the shops to the left. |
| St Mary's church, interior from west | nd [late 19th century?] | The interior of St Mary's Church looking east, with the old pews in the centre aisle, and the gallery on either side, all of which were later removed. Above is the magnificent hammerbeam roof. |
| Mr Gooche's House, Angel Hill (Cresent House) | nd [c1860s - 1880s] | Crescent House, Angel Hill showing the Crimea (War) canon in the foreground. The long exposure time of this early photograph has created a 'ghost' image of a figure walking past whilst the photograph was taken. Around the corner to the right is Angel Hill. |
| Ruins in Churchyard, west front, with figures | nd [late 19th century] | The Abbey ruins, after dissolution, were sold. The West Front has been used variously as private housing, and at different times as stables for the Six Bells Inn, and for the Assembly House nearby, later it was converted into a dye works. In 1863 it became the Bury St Edmunds Probate Registry. |
| Nat. Prov. Bank, Abbeygate Street, with figures | nd [c 1870s?] | There has been a National Provincial Bank in Bury since 1833. In the early days it had premises on what was then called the 'Meat Market', now called the 'Traverse'. The bank built this building on Abbeygate Street and moved in1868. |
| Abbey Gate, Bury St Edmunds, front | nd [early 20th century?] | A lovely uncluttered, traffic-free view of the Abbey Gate, which was the principal entrance to the monastery, opening into the 'great court'. The original Abbey Gate was destroyed by rioting townspeople in 1327. The gate was rebuilt (completed c 1347) in the Decorated style of architecture, to one side of the original gate. It is not in line with Abbeygate Street, as it would have been originally. |
| 'Mr Johnson's Butcher's Shop Xmas 1905', St John's Street | Dec-05 | Taken at Christmas time this photograph shows the staff posed by the shop and its large display of lamb and beef carcasses hanging outside (note the sheep's heads), one of the butchers has his knives at the ready! |
| Mr Girardoe's house and garden, Northgate Street (opposite Pump Lane, Dr Kilner's, 1908) | 1908 | The back of Mr Girardot's House showing the garden, at Northgate Street. A Mr Frederick George Girardot is listed as living at number 109, Northgate Street in the 1890s and about the same time there was a firm of maltsters at Northgate Street Maltings called Girardot and Co. Limited, so it was probably the same Mr Girardot who owned the maltings. |
| Mr Girardoe's house in Northgate Street | nd [late 19th century?] | Recorded as 'Mr Girardot's House'. A Mr Frederick George Girardot is listed as living at number 109, Northgate Street in the 1890s and about the same time there was a firm of maltsters at Northgate Street Maltings called Girardot and Co.Limited, so it was probably the same Mr Girardot who lived here and owned the maltings. |
| Norman Tower | nd [late 19th century] | The Norman Tower photographed from Churchgate Street, the building to the right was the Penny Bank, built in the Tudor style in 1846. The tower was built during the time of Abbot Anselm (1121-1148). It had a tympanum until it was removed in 1789 and the tower was restored in 1846-47. The tower is used as the belfry for the Cathedral. |
| Norman Tower and St James' church | nd [c 1890s] | St James' Cathedral Church from the side shows the high chancel roof added in 1869 and designed by Sir Gilbert Scott. The part of the churchyard shown with railings has now been redesigned as the Cathedral Close. |
| Gibb's shop, Cornhill corner of Skinner Street | nd [1890s?] | The confectionery shop, Gibbs', on the Cornhill, it was famous for the gooseberry pies it sold. |
| Butler's: painters' and decorators' shop, Purdys | nd [early 20th century] | The shop belonging to Charles Henry Bullen at 20, Butter Market. He ran several businesses from here; decorating; cabinet making; furniture removals; estate agent and auctioneer! |
| Cross, nurseryman's shop, Abbeygate Street, corner of Skinner Street | nd [1890s - 1930s?] | The premises of T. Cross, nurseryman and seedsman, at 2 Abbeygate Street. The shop had moved in the 1890s from another building in Abbeygate Street. |
| Catholic Church: shrine of St Edmund | nd [early 20th century?] | The shrine with statue of St Edmund. At the west end of the church is an alms box made, it is said with the wood of the tree to which King Edmund was bound at his martyrdom (at Hoxne). |
| Flax factory, interior (J 13870) | nd [1919 - 1925] | The Bury Flax Factory at Almoners Barn Farm, Out Southgate employed mainly women. Here they appear to be putting the flax through a deseeding machine, it is then bundled before the 'retting' process, whereby the flax is soaked in water starting the fermentation process that separates the flax fibres. |
| Flax factory, interior (J 13870) | nd [1915 - 1925] | It is not very clear what is going on in this photograph, at the Bury Flax Factory. Some kind of machinery is being installed and it is probably the 'scutching' department, where the flax straw is put through a straw preparing machine and broken between rollers and beaten. The fibre produced is bundled to go to the spinners. |
| Flax factory, exterior (J 13870) | nd [1919 - 1925] | The Bury Flax Factory at Almoners Barn Farm, Out Southgate began producing flax fibre around March 1919. Although it is not clear when the factory closed, the site was disused by 1926. This photograph shows the exterior and the retting tanks in which the flax was soaked in water, beginning the fermentation process - this allo |
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